©he Cfntrf JPrraocrat.
bellbfontk, pa.
Tks LsrgMt, ChsapMtssd fisttfspsr
rUBLISIIKII IN CKNTHS fUUNTT.
TJJK CENTRE DEMOCRAT is pub-
I ah*-! **ery Thursday morula*, at MrlliUunlo, t'vnlsr
o ,uuiy, fa.
TKKMd—Cast, in lv*u<* $1 CO
If nut pslit in sdvaocs. IS OU
A MVS PAI'KU -diwoted lo lbs Intsrsata at lbs
trbols psupls.
Payiusuts mads wllblu tbrss mustba *lll t> con
aiJrrsd In sdasncs.
No paper *lll i- dlacontluued until arrt-aragraara
paid, axcapt sluptlou of publlsbkfk.
Papsra going out of lb* county moat bs pklil for In
advenes.
Any parson procuring na lam ash auti*rriba will
ba asnt n copy frea of charge.
Oar eitenalra circulation makes tbla paper art tin
a anally rallablaand profitable medium lor an initial ■.*
Ufa bare Ihe moat ample farlllilea for JOH Wolik
and ara prepared to print all blnda of lloota.Tra. la,
Programmi-a, P oaten, Commercial printing, Ac., In lb*
Snraletyla and at lb* lowest pontile ralea.
All ad*rtla*rueiiU for a l* term Ibatilbr** mnntba
10 cants par tin* for the flrat three ina*rtloni,and f>
easts a Una for each additional Inaertion. Special
noticas one-half mora.
Kdltorlal nolle*e t cnta p*r lln*
LooaL Notlcaa, In local coinmna, 10 can taper Una.
A llbaral dlacounl la mada to persona adeerllaiug by
lbs quarter, half year, or yar, as follows:
u a **
araci occt-rus.
f.liil
on* lock (or VI tine* thl* typ) f s fl
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Half column for luinchr*).... •'
v)u* column orinrim).. |36 INO
Foreign ndv*rtlMto*ut nui't !*• | *'tl Tor I nfi-r* u
• ru<>. cnccpt on % curly contract* *h*n lifclf*yv*rl>
ptymfiiiß m I*adcv mil l• i julr^l
I*oll Tl<* At VnTlt •. 'ft rs'iU p*t 1110-mch lowrllott
Sothluir f< r !••• thno " rcit
nrn.igo Notice.in it- luuijh 15
p *r lln*. Mrh ln*rtlon
The (.'it 11 Service Sampled.
The popular impression that the civil
service in the departments in Wash
ington sty* the Washington I'cet, i* in
greater reform than the civil service o r
the Federal Government* in the several
Slates of the Union, is a delusion.
Whatever may be the effects of the ser
vice here, they are no more numerous
nor serious than the evil* by which it is
affiicied all over the Union. The pub
lic eye is constantly fixed on the de
partmenta, for they are the headquar
ter* of the various branches of Govern-
ment business. All that transpires here
is known, at once, lo all of our fifty-odd
millions who read, or take any intere-t
in public affair*. Tlie official* in I hi*
city have the light of maximum public
ity always turned on their work. Hut
the Federal officer* in the States enjoy
comparative seclution and far greater
facilities for avoiding unpleasant criti
cism. If they satisfy the magnate or
boss to whom they owe their official
existence, they are seldom complained
of.
It will he admitted, we suppose, that
in the well ordered State of Michigan
there is as little ctuse as in anv Stale to
complain of corruption or irregulariti'-*
on the part of Federal officeholders.
The service in Michigan may therefore
he regarded as fairly representative of
the service in all the .Slate*. I'ntil n
recent date—since Congress met—there
was no complaint of Michigan official*.
The Democratic pre** et uo no howl,
nor did the civil service reform league
make any inculpatory allegations. It
was reserved for such distinguished He
publicans as the Hon. .1. A. Hubbell
and the lion. J. C. Morrows to let the
country know the true character of the
Federal civil service in their Slate.
Mr. Hubbell shows how the men who
are paid to attend to public work in
Michigan perform their duties. He
(tales, in a carefully revised interview,
that "every special agent of the different
departments of the Government, loca
ted in Michigan, was at the command
of Tom Ferry, traveling all through the
.State, putting up conventions, and
when impossible to control them, se.
curing proxies by questionable meth
ods.'' Mr. Hubbell charges that the
collectors of customs at Detroit, who
gets ten or twelve thousand dollar* a
year from the Federal Treasury, is paid
by two or three Canadian railroads, the
corporations that bring in the foreign
goods on which the collector is suppo*
ed to collect duties ! And Mr. Hubbell
further charges that "there was always
money enough to keep Special Agent
Gavitt, of the Treasury department.who
is located at Detroit; Special Agent
Van Alstine, Special Agent Kpaulding
and every official in the Government
service in the Stale, down to |>oatal
agents, on the run whenever it was
necessary for them to go and fix up a
convention or determine whether or
not a nominee for the legislature ought
to be assisted."
Mr. Burrows says bis defeat was c*u
ed by an official who. while drawing pay
on the department roll in Wellington,
was employed in running a campaign
paper in bis district.
These are the statements of conspicu*
oua Republican leaders It is not ne
cessary to comment on the utter rotten
ness of the public service that is thus
condemned by such members of the par
ty responsible for that service.
Death of Miss Josephine 0 Meeker.
Wssniaoro*. Decemler 30.—Miss Jo
sepbine C. Meeker, daughter of the
late X. C. Meeker, who WAS tortured
and killed by the Ute Indians in the
massacre of 1879, died here this morn
log. of pneumonia. She was a clerk in
the office of the Secretary of the Inter
ior, and was held in high esteem for hor
Ksrsonal qualities. Miss Meeker an
er matber were priaonera in the band
of the lite Indians firsome time and
were finally rescued by General Adams.
Expenses of the Semite.
Tli. Unmocrilk imiiuberi of tin. next
State Senh t c are not, likely l. In* respon
affile for the oi gntiisation of iliut body.
The combined Republican faction* con
stitute u majority ol it ami show no
deposition a* yet to divide over the
mailer of selecting officer*. Nolio the
iesH tlm Democrat* havo a rare chance
to put theinelv'M un.i the Indepen
dent* on the record with regard to some
vicious practice* which have long pre
vailed hi the Senate, and which were
emphatically condemned l.y the people
in the late elections. It needs no de
monstration to prove that if the Inde
pendents lend their vote* to the reten
lion of the Cochrane and lielaney*. who
have in times pa-t oilicialcd in the
Senate, they approve their practice*
ami heroine responsible for tln-ir con
tinuance.
It bits been, from time to time, point
ed out ill these colltiuti* what waste und
frsuil attach to the service of the House
by the employment of supernumeraries
and the mysterious dispensation of
i ''contingent" arid "extra" fund*. Hut,
; if possible, it is worse in the State Seu
' ate, where for (illy members are re
, quired nearly as uiuny officers, and, in
| ootue instances, larger contingent* than
: for the House with over four tunes as
i many members. According to the re
' port of the Auditor General for the past
year, the expenses of the Slate on ac
count of the Senate were $44,520.01,
and for the year before slll 110 05,
making a total of $158,045.06 for m single
t-s*iou of the Seriate. A* previously
noted, Auditor lietieral Lemon does not
set forth in detail in his reports where
the money got. and how the contin
gent* and pa* for minor official* are
distributed around. Ul the $41.520 01
I .ml out during the past year touie $25.
IKKI w* ow ing to members on account
of their salaries—the remainder must
have gone to tin- minor officers and the
multitude of mysterious purpose, ,-ov
ered by c-)Utillgeuta. lit the $114,119.
0.5 paid out for I lie previous year tln-ie
Was allowed $5,702.20 for clerks and as
sistants; $1,277.70 for speaker'* clerk ;
$5 713 for door keepers, sergeant-al
arm*. etc.; $0 HI 170 lor paster* and
folder*; $2 910 00 tor juntoc; s.'; 110
for page*; $2,054.20 or firemen; SI.2'J
lor |Mi-tina*ters; $1 ~() ior engiu-'t-r*.
I'he iirepre* ible Deiwuev double* up
beautifully, drawing #1 2> i lor "service,
a* librarian" ami $1 2UO audiio>n il lor
service* during iho recess, ending D--e.
.11. Ihhl —I be iiupu-ieiice ol this rogue
i* illustrated by tbe fuel lb it lining:, un
officer of the Senate tie tuKes <loun| •
pay, charging one al*ry for lit* seitie.-*
"■tilting tlie m-s-ioii,' slid nii shno-l
equal amount lor In* Service* during
the recess. For the yi ir Is-ii, m wuieu
there < no *-**n>n of tin- >.-uie , t
ail, the sc.imp drew $1,500 "salary."
while in the succei-ding y tr, win-n
there was a nil, hi si-ie $2.1-1 Or
services, lie drew $2 04 1 oi p..-ia ui.'t
other alleg.-d expeiid.luie*.
In Ihhl. when tne >-n ue ex pen .
rail up lo $1 I 1 I 19 '•■", 1 eing al> >ut I w.
I hr-is nl tl.e c -I the session, I i . I
I.'ierk Cochran drew $7 SMI lor ' gn# i
gent expens'-s" ol tlie aes.nm, s.g)
dining the reeeas, s2'Xi n-r indexing in
journal, and $25 o>r taking fare ol the
electric clock. There re $| l.;', pel
to I* K I'.iirkholih r and .1. 11. I.><>iin<i,
of ibis c.ty. lor "forwarding n cum- lit*
to Senator*."
To gel a proper idetof whit details
make up th<-*e vast ex penditures we
need to turn bark to Auditor tieneral
Scbell* report ol I XT'.', win run they
are more fully accounted for. and a, the
expenses of the two vessions, 1579-M)
and IHHO-Hl, aggiegnte nearly the same,
it i* a lair inference that they were on
the same scale in their part*. In |h;'j
the pay of the fifty Senator*, mileage
and stationery and postage allowance
amounted to $51,555 40; hut, beside*
Librarian Helaney, referred to hetore,
tbe chief e'erk got $.; "2.21, a journal
clerk $2,115. reading ci.-rk $2, .49 HO,
two transcribing clerk* $1.2.{, i and sl,-
279, message clerk sl.-540, speaker's
clerk $1,208, sergeant at arms $1,229,
and two a*istan's each the am<-; post
iua*ler $1,229, two messenger* s'.'27 and
and $9.56, three doorkeepers $'.'.'13.00,
$976 and $923.80; seven paver* and
folder* about $9.50 etch. thr--e janitor*
about the same, two firemen, an en
gineer snd two watchmen from $.'25 to
$950 each, a chaplain $125, and ten
page* $3()2 per tension. The Senate,
with fifty members, had witlcn one <>f
a* many clerk* a* the H>u*e with two
hundred member*, and about two thirds
* many attache*, though having only
one fourth the member*.
Any reasonable man know* that the
entire pasting and folding and f.dward
ing of documents at Harri*t>uig, which
have afforded places for about 25 men
and cost the state some S.!U,IKS). can lie
done by contract for, at ihe most, s.'>,
one postmaster would suffice tor
fsitji Houses; the rler Ctl force can he
reduced one-third ; tfie pages one-half;
the "firemen" whose duty it i* to lay
hirkory log* on the ornamental fire
places, can be entirely dispensed with :
two engineers can run the healing appa
ratus of the whole Capitol, and the
force of sergeant* at arms and door
keepers can be cut down fully one half.
Tbe Democrat* can lay down a program
for the efficient off! -eringof boil. House*
and provide ample salar e, whiclt will
save from SSO 0- 0 to st> > QUO, improve
political moral*, and not cripple tlie
public service in the slightest.
Of the $7 47810 contingent fund
drawn l.y Cocoinu in Ih79—wlwti thete
were three janitors lor the Senate—we
find that there were paid out $2,472 '25
alone for "cleaning (he Senate chamber
and committee rooms." This would
pay fifty women 50 ct nt* each for If*)
nights' work, at the rate allowed in the
report*. As (be Senate has three Jani
tor*, and ihe chamber is not u* big a*
our court room, i.| anybody believe
lhat fifty scrub women are necessary •>
clean it ar.d the committee room* every
mglil of a senatori d session? And this
is a sample of the whole ay si- lu I— Lan
canter Intelliijenc/r.
DITKTIVM MrKifreoli end Mclieviit
lia*e bpn njprnil* d from dmy by the
cominiaaiooer* ol thf Diatrieint Colutn
'i* lending nn invent ig<tiou o( the
i.r*<-a made ajfninnt them by a com.
Miitt-e of citiat'Di of Witnhinfgton, 11, C.
to M-ynrd to their aavociati n with
thievrn in that eitv.
WORKS THAT 111 KN.
There is n good denl of whnt the play
bills cull OOl.teiiiporuii. iius ituuntil in
terest about the letters which have just
| been made public through tln New
York Ilrrahl, ly Stephen W. Horsey,
I < 'liuirtiiMti ol the Rrput-licnii National
. t'ommiit, e, ami one of the deiendants
, >ii a criminal action now on trial at
| Washington, utul commonly known us
: the Star Roulu case.
The most important missives in liio
cnllectiun are those Irotn fienoral James
IA. (iarfield ami tho I lon. la.'vi P.
' Morton.
A lew exeerpts from these letters
j throw considerable light on an interest
I ing period in tho political history of
j the United Stales.
j Nome pannages constitute artistic
\ sketches, depicting in black and white
i the character* of the authors.
A striking example is the suggestion
I which was made by General Garfield
that the people of hi* peculiar religious
i faith should tie induced to rote the Re
publican ticket although they wer>
Democrats.
Just belore tho election in Indiana,
winch was deemed so important by rea
son ol it* hearing on the Presidential
contest, Garfield wrote as follows:
" From twenty-five thousand to thirty
' thousand voters of Indiana nre mem
ber* of the denomination of Disciple*,
1 and at least hall of them are Demo
crat*. A quiet but very earnest move
ment wholly outside the State commit
tee has been organized, ami is being
vigorously and judiciously pushed, with
the strongest probability that at leant
two thou-und live hundred change* of
vote in our favor will result."
What ail outburst ol indignation
there would be if a Roman C atholic
candidate for office were tbti- to counte
nance an appeal to vot--rs for their sup
port based solely on the fact that h
and they were members of the sane
communion !
General Garfield's letters alo reveal
an Ultimo v wit i Ihe the A rkalisa* S'-n -
tor which renders it oitlicull to heltevo
that Mr. Horsey would have been | ro*
i-cuted with much "vigor and rigor" il
Gat field bad lived.
I hey were in constant and cordial
communication all through the cam
paign. " Han't i-'i x y..ur grip any
where," write* General G irliel-l, "I re
greatly on o.ur . .i-iu equipoise, w|. c>i
lias shown Pself so often ami so well
hiil.itio." He send* for >cnsior Dor e
to r-ime to Mentor for consultation, lis
a-k- hi- o .im.i'i a- to allowing Kvarta
lo spea* in Indiana After the -de ti fl
.nt n ti "-'.lit- In- wll -. fr-ii M en tor to
the t„||S oj .I|S| eliser o| "-Osp.
" I especially i .nigratulsle > oil on
.cur inusterlu) in-in .gi-nn-iil o the • im
pugn and the 11-.0i.iig1. 1,. - a.in who li
ou hiv- -a .'ched a.i Iti •• ai • i. -1
it . i b-ni-.-1 t! i light. I.- tme c.-uiisi I
un .w- i . lake i -t a- d sor o or • it
tile ti -I-Oggif si. nil to I tile 111
W. -n .1 I.e. -i ill ■ lir pl.a > r dur I g the
' two Week- ' I'll- . litest . 11l jl|l
now go to t 1 oi - ~ i A.i or three
• !s\-, .i. I when \ i • -utli .eiiily re.t
-'I '• .11. I. I all I .I lk 111 a \ it. 11,
hell, r -ti I, corne h-re so I *|. <p '
"< ' l-I.e her • ill I i | J Alld tlt
IIK re are P'.q le who p.. t.-nd to I ••■ln le
that .I.iin• *A. 11 .11- 11 I'le. wr I w .r.
Ed to send till- friend thus addre-sed 111 j
sleep for month* ami year* in 1
prison or penitentiary. -V. F A'-m.
Slate (dodder Nntt >hul lit V I. Dukes.
7*/.' Mur.ifTfT d A/.W-, r . ,V-f of tkt I'm s
1/ .1 i I.'l. i! iturr —.l /Aim •!. - - a;-
fy thf A Ut-jui t h - •*,
I'montow n. Pa., Decemlier J-1 Ai<out
10 o clock tins morning *t Jennings'
Hotel, Captain A. Nutt, long a r#*i
dent o! Union low n and well known a*
a lawser a Republican politician, writer ,
for the press, cT-hier of th# National
I'.ink ol Fayette county and at present
cashier ol the I'ennayirama ins-ury
Department under State treasurer R*i
ley. wi-s shot and almost instantly kill
ed by N. 1.. Dukes, a prominent lawyer
of Unionlown and a member-elect of
the Pennsylvania I.gnlature.
Captain Nutt cam# home from liar I
risburg yesterday, and expected lo re- |
turn 10-mortow after paying hi* family j
a brief visit. This morning, in compa 1
ny with hi* nephew, Clark llrecketiriage
lie went to the Jennings hotel to have
an interview with Duke* about some
troutde winch he told Rreckenri lg he
was having. He said that he held in
fu* possession two infamous letter* from
I'lines and he wanted to see the latter,
t'n going up to Dukes' room, on the
second tloor of the Jennings Hotel they
lound Duke* in ; Nutt entered the
room and Rreckenridge remained out in
ibe hall conversing with J. I. Feather,
-on in-law of the proprietor. Captain
Null had scarcely closed the door be
hind him when Feather and Ilreckeu
ridge heard a sound within a* though
i the men were engaged in a violent
struggle. They also heard a cry of ,
j"Muidei! " and rushed in when they
found the two men locked in a desper
ate encounter.
Thev separated the combatant*, and
while Feather held Duke* back in a
| corner of the room and Nutt wu stand
ing resting against a mantelpiece some !
ten leet ssst, Duke* suddenly pulled
a Smith A Wesson tevolvet out of In*
pocket ami fired, the ball entering
Null's face below the eye slid passing
' upward into the brain. The victim fell
; to the tloor and ws* never conscious j
| aberward, dying in about ten minute*. <
Feather, fearing that the murderei WHS
{ also preparing to shoot lliet k* nridge,
i made a terrific • fl'orl in order lo gel the !
revolver away iioiu Dukes. H hen the j
! latter saw that he Intd killed Null hi*
J muscle* seemed to relax. He gave
: the revolver up ami walked
out of the hotel flown a back
;*tr<ei ami to the Nhenll '* rei
--j deuce, where hv is now in custody. A
I Coroner's jury * impaneled and a I
1 verdict was rendered I hat A. C. Nutt
j came to Ins dent hby I-el fig shot with a
pistol in the hands ol N. 1.. Dukes.
The c..u ol tl.e difficulty involves
the character of Captain N'utt's daugh
ter, between whom and Mr. Duke* an
intimacy existed, and It is said the as
sault was made io vindication ol her
honor, Mr. Dukes ha* been admitted
lo bail and the luU development of the
unfortunate of oour*e appeal
on the trial. - 1
Important tunl Interesting.
CHIC vim. December l!?.—An important
and interesting conference took place
1 here a few evenings ago hut the facta
j weie not known till this morning.
The leading Republic"n politician*
and i flic-* bolder'* ol the State were
present fur the purpose ol divcusaing a
; ['residential candidate,
11 wuh generally coriaidtred that the
Democrats would nominate Mr. McDon
ald, of liidiann.
As names likely to came before the
| Republican Convention, Conkling,
| Itlaine, Arthur, Windoiu, Grant, and
1 began were actively considered. Rob
ert Lincoln found,many supporter* but
| it was considered he would be stronger
| in n future campaign.
After a careful nrialyMisit was decided
! that Senator I. hounds, of Vermont
| ami James \\ ilaon, of lowa, would make
the best head* for it presidential ticket
that the Republicans could nominate.
TuHlson'* Cabinet.
- Y i -ui Ui- I'liulitiigli I'ust, Ilst.
First ita to Mr. Caasidy. It i conced
! Ed ho is well equipped for the legal du
j ties of the place— llO nniii in the .Stale
tnoro so. Like the Governor lie i* a
self made man. On the score of per
j sonal integrity and freedom from en-
Itagling political alliancesjno übjeclion)i*
raised. 110 has been just such an acl ive
participant in politics as it i* the duly
I of every good citizen to be, though a
! majority neglect tin* duty. He has nev
!er been a self seeker and ha always
| striven for decent politics banc m par
i ty unity. A* to Mr. Ntetiger, fur Necre
j lary of the Commonwealth, hisqualilie*
j are ola high character. He is decisive
i ami | rornpt in action, a well-read law
yer and politician ; with that personal
| magnetism that smoothes official duty.
('onalitutional ( onvention Reunion.
LAM *TZH, Pa.. December lit. —The
annus) reunion of the aurriVors of the
Constitutional Convention of IsTf.' Cent
; pi ce hi this city this evmug,
forty of the member* being present. F.i
Governor Curtm presided. The follow
ing offic.-r* were elected for the ensuing
p-sr President, Hon. A. <i. Curl in ;
i "secretary, George N. ' arson, of N"tri--
.'loan; fiT-a-orer, William K. Lilll-t-rt,
I <>l I'hiladelphia. Altoon* wm chosen
s the place for the lo xi meeting. Tne
j reunion closed with a b iiiquel at the
Steven* 11ou-•.
Hca-j E-laclion of NaTy i'arl Tore:!.
W uiiivcMv, D ' .-oi "-r .o -V< Tela
-Irv t"h Holier ns . rd-r 1I be r-'nin a-: I
-ol* ot Ihe various no v \ ard* to ri d i--e
ly JO percent, tin- tiumls-rnf nu n nil-
I-ov> d under tin-MpproptiMii-oi lor n,e
mainleiiaiice of y r U si d docks, lli
tii-s l|.-i-ei I.i 11 i ■ orip ri- i ii j -I
II! wvtchmen, kei|.i r of li - - ex I:
,-ii sliii g apparatu- -in-i pi-r- -in empl-i
■tHI I lie on-upition- lb -r< uction
will not ex'end to n idiai.ici '
an I workmen genera Iv. I in- • tl- ct <i I
( I lie order Will to- i f duet II of it'OUl
-i veil th ti it,d 'l'm >r- to r•• n; nth ,
"*l-'i.es of tl.e yards, hi* I tills saving
it I* l*ellevi-d wil: ii'. w of the yar-i* be
ing kept Oj. ii until March next, by
j wbicn dale : expKtsd that Uongresa-
Will iii 'ke a further appropr ■•' attoti for
i their maintenance.
Ih-dfor l Npring* ( haui eg Hands.
——
Bedford Springs, the "id reaorl where
n >t many years ago |c>',itician. weie in
the habit of meeting to fix up slate*
ami ionroi t scheme*, has been purclias
id bv C W". Muller., the father of G.
K.Mullen, proprietor of the St. Cloud
hotel. Ino prope- ty consists of fifteen
hundred *'T#- o, arable land and the
hotel, which ha* accomodations for four
hundred ami fifty guests. The purcl iAie
was made of the Anderson heirs, the
price being te o hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. Mr. Mullen will endeav
or to form a vtiick company to cultivate
the ground and run the hotel, wbicb
will be improved and probably enlarged.
Tfie He kalb Monument.
A Tvst't RZOOONITIOK Tilt MABOiI'S
SERVICE* liv OlXbltv.-,
In October, ITstt, ('ongms* adopted a
resolution providing that a monument
be erected to the memory f the lato
major general, the Karon DeKalb, io
the city of Annapolis, Md , with the
following inscription:
1 Sacred to the meranrv of the Karon
DeKalb, knight of the Royal Order of
Military Mem, brigadier of the armies
ot France an 1 major g' noral in the ser
vice of the I nited States of America.
Having served with honor and reputa
tion for three years, he gwe a last and
glorious proof of In* attachmont to the
liberties of mankind ami the cause of
America in the action near G.amden, in
the Stale of South Carolina, on the six
teenth day of August, seventeen hun
• Ire I and eighty, where, lending on the
troop* of the Maryland and Delaware
line *g*in*l superior miml-cr*, and ani
mating them by bis example to deed* j
of valor, he wnv pierced with many
wound*, and on Ibe nineteenth follow
ing expired, in iba lourty eighth yer
of III* age."
"The t>mgre*a of the United State* of
America, in gratilute to hi* teal, service
and merit, have erected this mono
menl.''
Raihoa.l Coiutractton.
TIIS GIGANTIC FTRRIDK* AVS LL UNO TDK
\ IAR J IST I'MTHKQ.
C'UICAUO, Decemlier "JB. The Jiaifwav
Ajr pui'listies todsy a table *huwiog
that the Ii umber ol Hide* i-i IIIHIII track '
laid during the year |ssj w<• Itl.H'JI on I
3lfi line* in 44 state* : d territories, i
Full returns will probably make the j
grand total 11.000 mile*, which is 1.-'kMI I
mile* more than w*i coi- trncled in
1881—the banner railroad building
year up lo that time. The number ot
utile* constructed in lite state* men
tioncd below is a* follow* • —lowa, fI,U ;
Texas, 817 ; New York, 752; Ohio. 555;
Arkansas. A2'J; Indiana, 52V; Colorado,
SUO; Dakota Territory, 48<l(; Pennsyl
vania, 404 ; Minnesota, 444. Of the 814
roads noted, 14(1 are still uncompleted.
The capital invested during iba year is
c!mi tied at #270.000.000, exclusive of
Iba amount* expended in the prp*r*-
liot ol the road beds on which track*
*rw not yet laid.
W* " f
L * "
;
'I In* Fnril lloy* In Boat on.
TIILV I'HAM' Tit (IK Sfc VoI.VERS TO *\ EMIK Ah
ivttt I.T ANIrSTAMI'XOK A LARUE AUtUCMI t. 1
BosTOm, December 30.—During ti lec 1
luro to night l.y lbi Kurd Brothers, who
killed .Iff**- .lnn*, in one of tin- tui.ill
, hull* in the Horticultural building, no
exciting scene occurred. There w-o n
I lTH audience present, and u. mini loud 1
| ly expressed the opinion thai Ihebroth
•*r were "no good.'' Tim Portia prompt 1
ly drew lln-ir revolver*, and, brandish
j inn Dunn, leaped from tho stage into !
the midal of I tin audience. The audi
j once wis stampeded iintm-dirtely, and
such wa* lln-ir It ant <> that many nought
'*gre* through the window, smashing
tire *a*he* to facilitate their exit. The
hall is on the ground Ho<r and the
window- opened directly on the street.
Policeman Robinson, who anw the
people running from the hall, made hi*
way into tho building and seized both
the brother*, who had assaulted several
people with the butt enda ol their
revolvers. The oflicer proponed to take
them to tho police illation, and they
doaired to be allowed to buckle on their
revolvers, avowing they were in fear
for their live*. The officer would not
permit thia, and atarted with them
under arrest, hut the proprietor of tin
show interfered, setting forth that his
enterprise would be a financial failure
if the Fords were not allowed to stay
and finish according to the programme,
and finally prevailed upon I he officer to
allow the performance to proceed, riot,
however, until the policeman had taken
the names of seven person* who were
assaulted and had exacted a guarantee
that the Fords appear when wanted by
the j/olice.
Condition of tho National Boldiom'
Homo*
\\ ASIIIMOTOV, 1 lee. Jo.—The report of
the ]',<>ard of Managers of the National J
"soldiers' Homes, laid before the House -
of Representatives yesterday, estimates \
the necessary pi roj nation for the nest
lueal year at $1,122' -K. The managers
' estimate that there will be 500 more
inmates than last year, and submit wnh
the re|iort a list of II naim of in
mates. There wi-re hsf) uken m during i
i lie psst year, "no more than in Ihitl. i
I"tie managers reCoiumen i that all law
{ r quiring it,em to huve anything to
A nil pensions be rej ealed, as the r , '
: lorcement muses do-ati-faction e
inn,.ils-* n' lhe be.mes, | hev a
. i renew
tne li eo 11 nll ■ 1111 all on Uisde (
that v .r by destitute ao'.d
though they cannot trace ,
i ti ir li.- t->
an origin in the sen
•n oe admitted.
I hey invi'e li-v. siie ,i ,c
„ . i , a ol all atisirs
o the 1 re Us ||. 111 •.
Ihe .erenct
" tbeVtr ,
muuty, wu<> at in fa lows,
set .S <1"- .,.• „ ,„ r ; , I.
script roc in , ... Wi . p ain |
'""•I'm i. i. • | j t ui>! i i
■ *
• •
"• l "' pre., u froai .. ... ■ g
HI S.IUI , ~ j r, „
| • 1 '• de| i j ,n■, I, •„ f.ni.r if
'• t tr* /tin r, .■! " u, ( , rial.sttt. ■xr
rive s ,ni u' .-'(UL ■ i l . is-i. ij. j rotect.oii
•-I to mop . >!- I.i * i apiiabsts onlv, ex
|-t***.*g*ei publii expenditures, iba d<
grr lion of American labor. neglect of
A" lencan cn iens hr<-id. r -mi).lion*.
P MtUtß in ill Ui branch#* of govern*
1- *.u-nt and jobliery in legislation.
'I he Ih-mrcratie party if in favor ol
local self-g ivernment n'l the restric
Hon of the national government within
the constitutional j revisions, reduced
and equal taxation, control of roonopn
lies to the extent that the rights of tho
people may he protected, economics!
ptiblic expenditures, the elevation r.f
j American citizen* eveiywhere, honesty
and efficiency in civil t *rv i.w* with im
inunitv from |<dttiral blackmail, tho
eovereignty of the people, a free ballot
and sit honest count, and integrity and
purity in the halls ol legislation.—Clin
ton Ilrmnrrat,
I t.ovr.KNOB K! ECT pAmao\ was inter
viewed by a c.'rr.-spot ds-nt of the New
4 ork HrraH on ih<- subject of his cabi
net appointment* the other day. but he
would *ay nothing except that he
thought it proper to > rithhold any an
' nouncement of his *e| srtion* until after
j his inauguration and that his attorney*
| general could have !io relations with
corfxiration* or any nt .her interest that
would interfere wit! an hon-t and
s-ffieient service to tli estate. Mr. < 'ass:
•Iv. lb# putative , ttotney general is
jrrnipedu, also said I t> the same eorre*
pendent that (inver nor Pattison was in
a position to rhani ,-e his intended ap
pointment* at lb* atest moment. Mr.
< tssidy announcer! himself a* a candi
date lor t'nitcd States senator and
intimated that tin we who opposed him
for attorney genei nl and yet proposed
to support hun fo • (Inded States sena
tor if he declined tho cabinet place, are 1
rather inconsistent. Perhaps, though, ,
the r.<|w>rl ol the i ntet view ought to be
taken with a grain of a lowsnce. Inter
views in sensation si newspapers are not !
always the gospel ti ulh.— llarritbnty
| Patriot.
%*"Sau.i, and patien. -e succeeil where '
i forco fsiU." Ibe quite skill and patient
r.*earch which brougb t lorth Kidney .
Wort illustrates the Irt th of the fable,
lis gran.l success every here is admit•
ted. I>i-ease nev. r .n es to m without
agsuse. A-k any g>vKi physician the
reason and tie will tell you something
interferes with tli s work ng tl.e great
orgsns. Kl'luev w.ill e moles lliein I"
overcome nil ott.rnction and pfeserv
perb-ct health. Try abe* or liottlo at
once.
A Mir vcle in Oil Citj
tocrt.as m xro'.'RHi— i>Rco.ii-rs axis nnt
l-tUl'Ui Wll.n W ITH RXCIt-SHRVT
Miss Magg e Martin,of this city, has
been ill T.I .I cot.tilled to iler housw for
soverai yesns t>ur best piiyaimaos fad
e<l to give li er raliel. Site took friw -.i
and, to the astonishment of all to
knew ber.s j MIIOW up and alwuit agau i.
Mr. Simin. wis, the Druggiat, sold 16 1
bottles las' week, lie buys In grosa loU .
Mr. Powell, too, aeils it. Ak. your drug
gist for IV Hartman'a brok—" Ills o
lufe " (gratis), or address l>r. 11., at Oa
kum, 0.. tor one.— fhm shr ttil (Vy
J*?¥ 21*1 16H2.
* „ •
J)own! llovn! Down!
®fru tin- mi :il fiirtbvf notice,
We hare rewolved !„ I |,„e „u< .ur emiie
•lock of ||IMI' ■ in#; in >l,*
line of <•>. t. ',, i ,< |ki.i< MO'i
booU nod alifM-i, in.) inl cap., at coil
in order to rnluw in- -took. and miki
room for cprmc i i... ovl.eiv in
of • iotliiiij; i. .■ .11- i |, will tint! it '
to u,*jr inierr.t, i to n,„ Jio.ton
r.'lo liinjr 1IOUm Uicjv oje-nod in It*)-
bold*' i.lock. Hrliefnriie, J',. n| 4t *
A /•</> y| il vert lhi-in etit.
B
•!
Absolutely F Hire.
Tl.l. tc wd. r ,„ f , A mfcr „, ( , f
£*—?}' —* ,T fc ? > **y-WW. He MMHMtaJtfM
11,. , lo.u ✓
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H:UI H.I
--!w l'.*i.fH , luft v
KfCSS'QEiI
' is A SURE CURE ?
' for all d.aenaoo of the Kidneya and c
t LIVER
;i. on tli.. newt Inporiuit
/ ortM. Nt < O.r-j* oil torjrtOLitr .&d k
' ■ •i. itlnv -.r 1D b"*2i>7 cereuor. of f
2 U.e L..e. and i*T h**"l a 3 * bowel. ta frw. k
c ormdiuia, *l!ort.n* It. r"TiUdlr:iK*. y
4J If* r! r f
I IVI d I Cir I CX • r.i.U.i, ).4TP U, C.U.J, I
* Rf
/ Wrt will mir nlMn aod tiMUf aw*. k
4 Ja U Pjin-i# toeloaaM the F7IMI, n rrj r
* CM .I.ould U.. . Uiorou*-' 0-,-aja. of It. f
$ t: BOLD BY DRUCCISTg. Price sl. _f
psjhav
1,-c
, a ilt nli lit . • ;• I ' ■fc ** TV !•• i
;!• iiahh \rrR
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1 PO, IllV< I.M* > 1'..n0 I'll ll| Ilia. I*. 'Lr.'l'iu
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| 1 DDITOIt 8 SOTK E- In *.f - o>.
. V jt. > ♦ t url 1 I t htri • ,rt in ll
co awl Tin- .'till l r a. ••<■!# I.v thn
j • >urt t ■ tt.kk" ifotr I t ! ifi< fui d*
• in tii hand' 1 f tin* >• Jmitn-trator of niJ
I wliU' .Hi' nj; ihi'-c lot ally intilc-d thwo,
will nv-i't th | .rti' - mt'Ti-'tod for the
|j.tif| f hi. kjifnir tn ■ rr. <-u S.iur'ay,
January fi. IMM. it 1 tl 1. r ti .at hi*
' office ID Hiill.ft I t". h ll fihat .
4V-31 Awiit ir.
; The Atlantic Monthly
FO2 ISC 3 WILL CONTAIN
Ointrihution* in alni i't every number
1 ' ,v
' GLIVKII WKNDKLL IIOLMEf?,
Aot'.ior of "The Autocrat of the
| ilrankfaet Table," etc.
TTichiel Anjelo, A Dranu"
Which war lefY complete hy
lIUNRY W.
And w.iicli mil run ihrougli JH
nuniiier-i of the magazine, hcg'^l
"The Ancestral Fcclstep'V
Outline* of at. exeeedingiy
R< nuance, from the manuKiipt ofH
iitlld.Vfkl ilAtnitOKNK." V
"Daisy ML"or, A Comedy" V
Dt Hasat Jamkm,Jr %
I A dramaticatiou, with inijNirtaul
1 alteiaJiona, of hi* verv ]*>pulai atory
" Miller."
Storitw. e'ya, hk -ul.< * amtjiocni* liy
-I hit (•. XYbitiicr,
'tVilliam 1) How die,
e barter Htnilry Warner "
Surah O lit- Jetvi 11,
lib-hard Grant Whit.*,
Ho*e I'erry Coukr,
Horace K. Hcudder,
< icorge I'. Latlirop,
Harriet \V. l'reeton,
and many o;litrui ihe bet Afuttii'tn
' writi rr
I
Tiio AtUmti lon or* il* teadera la %
tiir w Ul "• of 1% o r .* 1. nt'h rrc liii# .a
4 coH-aieet in Jm >y U, IVwwM
f ,tt*l liaA'*'" *'*eii.
iaaa* : II * year in i. IHl.iv, ptu. <w
/rrrj .ij ciM' mi 1111,1,1. \tiij, ,y|.rti
l iecl. epn.iri.il i l f. oik'iellow . Hi < xiil.
iutiiei. liinfU'l, II .in**, o, Kllnl.Mil,
sutiO; " iii I*ll |.llllai 1., |T. <K(. will,
three, fT.Ot); w. h lour, OU; with tire
s*.oo | with all ci*. $lO tHI.
Keruitiauri c aitoul l t,e mar!" by Mon
ey order, diaft, or ic# tiered letter, to
HOUGHTON, JHIFFLIN A CCL,
4 Vnrh St., I lost oh. Mans.
m?USfIUHK Ftiii THK CKN.
kJ TRk PEMOCaAT. Von will 1.. ,1, ~j m 4|
year ,M. j , /
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